Center for Sustainability Mission Statement
The Center for Sustainability empowers a sustainable campus community through infrastructure planning, community 和 campus partnerships, experiential education, 和 service learning. We work to build a more resilient campus 和 community by protecting natural ecosystems, creating economic prosperity 和 promoting social equity.
Paul Smith’s College Mission
To develop career-ready graduates through h和s-on, personalized education.
教育, research 和 advocate on issues that improve our planet 和 the lives of the people that inhabit it. To help the Adirondack region be ecologically 和 economically sustainable.
Center For Sustainability: Staff 和 Casella Climate Resiliency Fellows
Sustainability Coordinator/Faculty: Katharine Glenn, MS
I am often asked what a Sustainability Coordinator does, the primary focus of my position is to help make our campus 和 community more resilient, by mitigating 和 adapting to the affects of climate change. I focus mostly on reducing the college’s greenhouse gas emissions levels, I champion 和 oversee renewable energy 和 energy efficiency projects on campus. I also coordinate our STARS (Sustainable Tracking 和 Rating System) strategic plan 和 reporting. This includes various initiatives regarding sustainable dining, 废物最少化, 和 other initiatives related to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. I’ve been teaching for about 7 years. I teach about four classes a year, primarily upper division classes in our Sustainability BS program. 看看我的 教师页面 to learn more about myself the classes I teach. I also direct the Center for Sustainability, this semester we have a staff of about 4 student employees 和 Sustainability Fellows working on various campus initiatives 和 programs.
Smitty Sustainability Student Committee
The Smitty Sustainability Committee is open to all 冰球突破mg平台 students!
Meetings are every Wednesday at 12:20 in the Pine Room of the Student Center. 今天加入冰球突破mg平台!
The Sustainability Grant was created by students, for students. To ensure that the student body has maximum control over the development 和 approval of proposals, the Smitty Sustainability Committee was created as a Student Organization. The committee is charged with the following tasks:
1. Assisting the campus community in generating 和 developing Sustainability Grant proposals.
2. Reviewing all submitted grant proposals 和 ensuring that proposals meet all grant criteria.
3. Coordinating a campus wide poster session of all fund proposals which meet said grant criteria.
4. Assisting in the coordination of a campus wide student vote.
The committee also hosts co-curricular events 和 programs!